Middletown Chamber Maps Future Path For 1970s Growth
Bob White of the Middletown Chamber outlines a humanitarian plan to guide the city through 1970 and 1971. He calls for an attitude survey, broad community input, and new industrial sites from 5 to 100 acres while aiding downtown renewal and assisting businesses to relocate if needed.
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Bob White
Chamber
White
Middletown
MACC
MADE
Middletown Area Development Enterprise Inc
Garfield
Hook Field
Kaite
City Planning Department
Brown-Singer Eyes Pent Up Demand For 70s Metal Work
Ray Brown of Brown-Singer Co. on Todhunter Road foresees pent up demand for capital equipment as the 1970s approach. He notes 1969 started strong but plateaued late, with rising costs and reduced overtime narrowing profits. Local mills and plants may drive expansion, yet labor shifts and job costs will shape next year.
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Jefferson Road
Todhunter
Yankee Roads
White
Chamber
Brown-Singer
Brown
Ray Brown
PCA Plans Europe corrugated plant venture in Netherlands
Packaging Corporation of America says it will join M. V Laura Vereeniging of Eygelshoven and Scholten Carton en Papier N. V. of Joningen in building and operating a corrugated container plant in the Eygels hoven area of the Netherlands.
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Packaging Corporation of America
Eygelshoven
Netherlands
M. V Laura & Vereeniging
Scholten Carton En Papier N. V
Joningen
Middletown Area Telephone Use Rises With 1969 Growth
Ohio Bell commercial manager Robert P. Stelzer says Middletown Franklin Monroe and Trenton area telephones grew from 52 019 to about 54 400 in 1969 while daily calls rose from 174 815 to 182 200 an increase of nearly 7 400. He notes a record 1 640 000 modernizing budget for 1969 with major spending on instruments cables and switching gear and predicts continued growth into 1970.
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Middletown
Robert P. Stelzer
Ohio Bell
Franklin
Monroe
Trenton
Stelzer
Middletown Area
$100 Million Spent On Middletown Construction In Sixties
Middletown building activity shows nearly $100 million spent on construction from 1965 to 1969 with 1969 dipping due to tight money and credit controls. Residential permits fell to 138 units valued at $1.98 million, while industrial and commercial permits included Armco expansion and projects for Triasco, Aeronca, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Perkins Pancake House, Ponderosa, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Curry Ford Inc.
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Middletown
Fred Hampton
Hampton
Armco
Triasco
Garfield
K. W. Jones Machine Co
Hook Field
Aeronca Inc
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Stores
Perkins Pancake House
Germantown Road
Ponderosa Steak House
N. Verity Parkway
Curry
Ford Inc
Middletown High School
Church of Christ
Bonita Drive
Gas Tax Distribution Up in Ohio for 1969
State Auditor Roger Cloud reports Ohio political subdivisions received 1969 gas tax distributions totaling 76,899,580 dollars, up 4,279,375.50 from 1968. Municipalities, counties, and townships saw gains with per-vehicle and per-county rates specified.
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Ohio
Roger Cloud
Cloud
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Ptas
Robert White
PCA
Europe
Blake Steel Service
Tom Blake
Hook
Blake Steel
Blake
Karl Houston
Blake Steel Service, Inc
Stamco
TROCE
Monarch Machine Tool CO
New Bremen, Ohio
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